Herb Ritts Portrait Photography

Ed. 5/25, signed in pencil on verso. Includes black frame with white mat. Herb Ritts regularly photographed the most famous celebrities of the 1980s and 1990s. For an August 1992 co...

"Mel Gibson" 1985 by Herb Ritts International star Mel Gibson posing in front of the lens of Herb Ritts. Unframed Matted Overall size : 11 x 14" inches / 28 x 36 cm Image Size: 8.5" x 9.5'' inches / 21 x 24 cm Printed 2012 Quadtone Print Mint condition Certificate of authenticity Framing option available Shipped securely from London, England. Mel Gibson is an American actor, director, and producer, who made his acting debut on the Australian television drama series The Sullivans (1976–1983).[1] While a student at the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney, he was given an uncredited role in I Never Promised You a Rose Garden and subsequently appeared as a leading actor in the micro budget surf drama Summer City (both in 1977).[2][3] Gibson rose to prominence during the Australian New Wave cinema movement in the early 1980s, having appeared in his breakthrough role in George Miller's dystopian action film Mad Max (1979), portraying the eponymous hero. He reprised the role in its sequels, Mad Max 2 (1981) and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985).[2][4] He appeared in Peter Weir...

Elizabeth Taylor 1991 by Herb Ritts American actress and icon, Elizabeth Taylor, poses with towel and diamond ring. Unframed Matted Overall size : 16 x 20" inches / 41 x 51 cm Image Size: 11" x 13.5'' inches / 28 x 35 cm Printed 1996 Silver Gelatin Print Mint condition Certificate of authenticity Framing option available Shipped securely from London, England. Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor DBE (February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011) was a British-American actress. She began her career as a child actress in the early 1940s and was one of the most popular stars of classical Hollywood cinema in the 1950s. She then became the highest paid movie star in the 1960s, remaining a well-known public figure for the rest of her life. In 1999, the American Film Institute named her the seventh-greatest female screen legend of Classic Hollywood cinema. Born in London to socially prominent American parents, Taylor moved with her family to Los Angeles in 1939. She made her acting debut with a minor role in the Universal Pictures film There's One Born Every Minute (1942), but the studio ended her contract after a year. She was then signed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and became a popular teen star after appearing in National Velvet (1944). She transitioned to mature roles in the 1950s, when she starred in the comedy Father of the Bride (1950) and received critical acclaim for her performance in the drama A Place in the Sun (1951). Despite being one of MGM's most bankable stars, Taylor wished to end her career in the early 1950s. She resented the studio's control and disliked many of the films to which she was assigned. She began receiving more enjoyable roles in the mid-1950s, beginning with the epic drama Giant (1956), and starred in several critically and commercially successful films in the following years. These included two film adaptations of plays by Tennessee Williams: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), and Suddenly, Last Summer (1959); Taylor won a Golden Globe for Best Actress for the latter. Although she disliked her role as a call girl in BUtterfield 8...

Richard Gere, Close-Up, San Bernardino 1988 by Herb Ritts A close up shot with the iconic Richard Gere through the lens of Herb Ritts. Unframed Matted Overall size : 11 x 14" inches / 28 x 36 cm Image Size: 6.75" x 10'' inches / 17 x 26 cm Printed 2012 Silver Gelatin Print Mint condition Certificate of authenticity Framing option available Shipped securely from London, England. Richard Tiffany Gere (/ɡɪər/ GEER;[1][2] born August 31, 1949) is an American actor. He began in films in the 1970s, playing a supporting role in Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977) and a starring role in Days of Heaven (1978). He came to prominence with his role in the film American Gigolo...

Versace Dress, Back View, El Mirage 1990 by Herb Ritts The image was taken at El Mirage dry lakebed in California, and is characteristic of Ritts’ heady, sun-soaked oeuvre, and its ...

Christy Turlington, Versace 3, Milan 1991 by Herb Ritts Supermodel Christy Turlington in Versace, Milan, Italy. Unframed Matted Overall size : 11 x 14" inches / 28 x 36 cm Image Si...

Dijmon with Octopus 1989 by Herb Ritts A gorgeous black and white shot of actor and model Dijmon posing with an Octopus on his head. Unframed Matted Overall size : 12 x 16" inches / 31 x 41 cm Image Size: 8.25" x 10'' inches / 21 x 25.5 cm Printed 2012 Silver Gelatin Print Mint condition Certificate of authenticity Framing option available Shipped securely from London, England. Djimon Gaston Hounsou (/ˈdʒaɪmən ˈuːnsuː/;[1] French: [dʒimɔ̃ unsu]; born April 24, 1964)[2] is a Beninese-American actor and model. He began his career appearing in music videos. He made his film debut in Without You I'm Nothing (1990) and earned widespread recognition for his role as Cinqué in the Steven Spielberg film Amistad (1997). He gained further recognition for his roles in Gladiator (2000), In America (2003), and Blood Diamond...

This was printed and signed later. Herbert Ritts Jr. (1952 – 2002) was an American fashion photographer and director known for his photographs of celebrities, models, and other cultural figures throughout the 1980s and 1990s. His work concentrated on black and white photography and portraits, often in the style of classical Greek sculpture, which emphasized the human shape. Born in Los Angeles, to a Jewish family, Ritts began his career working in the family furniture business. His father, Herb Ritts Sr., was a businessman, while his mother, Shirley Ritts, was an interior designer. He moved to the East Coast to attend Bard College in New York, where he majored in economics and art history, graduating in 1975. Later, while living in Los Angeles, he became interested in photography when he and friend Richard Gere, then an aspiring actor, decided to shoot some photographs in front of an old jacked up Buick. The picture gained Ritts some coverage and he began to be more serious about photography. He photographed Brooke Shields for the cover of the October 12, 1981 edition of Elle and he photographed Olivia Newton-John for her Physical album in 1981. Five years later he replicated that cover pose with Madonna for her 1986 release True Blue. Ritts was openly gay. During the 1980s and 1990s, Ritts prominently photographed celebrities in various locales throughout California. Some of his subjects during this time included Cher, Elizabeth Taylor, Denzel Washington, Johnny Depp, Ronald Reagan, David Bowie, Courtney Love, Liv Tyler, Matthew McConaughey...

Herbert Ritts Jr. (1952 – 2002) was an American fashion photographer and director known for his photographs of celebrities, models, and other cultural figures throughout the 1980s and 1990s. His work concentrated on black and white photography and portraits, often in the style of classical Greek sculpture, which emphasized the human shape. Born in Los Angeles, to a Jewish family, Ritts began his career working in the family furniture business. His father, Herb Ritts Sr., was a businessman, while his mother, Shirley Ritts, was an interior designer. He moved to the East Coast to attend Bard College in New York, where he majored in economics and art history, graduating in 1975. Later, while living in Los Angeles, he became interested in photography when he and friend Richard Gere, then an aspiring actor, decided to shoot some photographs in front of an old jacked up Buick. The picture gained Ritts some coverage and he began to be more serious about photography. He photographed Brooke Shields for the cover of the October 12, 1981 edition of Elle and he photographed Olivia Newton-John for her Physical album in 1981. Five years later he replicated that cover pose with Madonna for her 1986 release True Blue. Ritts was openly gay. During the 1980s and 1990s, Ritts prominently photographed celebrities in various locales throughout California. Some of his subjects during this time included Cher, Elizabeth Taylor, Denzel Washington, Johnny Depp, Ronald Reagan, David Bowie, Courtney Love, Liv Tyler, Matthew McConaughey...